So you use Pelican static site generator and you want to add a custom Jinja filter for use in your templates? Great!
In this post I show how to take a simple Python function and make it accessable as a custom filter. As an example we will create a filter called LinkPeek which will allow us to easily embed website screenshots into our pages.
First, we need to ...
Continue reading: How to add a custom Jinja filter to PelicanWe built hover-lib at LinkPeek because we needed a way to add on-hover images to select links. Images are loaded just-in-time to reduce bandwidth usage.
Update: We wrote a really neat example of what hover-lib does: Website Screenshot of every two-letter domain
The hover-lib library may be downloaded here: hover-lib.
How to use hover-lib
include hover-lib.css in the head:
<head>
<!-- include the hover-lib stylesheet -->
<link rel="stylesheet ...
My favorite image manipulator program is GIMP and I often find myself with a directory full of xcf (gimp project files) that I would like to convert into PNGs for use on the web or in a video game. I like to keep my "master" copy of image assets in xcf format to preserve layer and history meta-data.
Today I was experimenting with an idea called sketch notes ...
Continue reading: How to batch convert xcf to pngThis post explains how to build a link which will display an image when a user hovers over their mouse. This technique could be used to create help balloons or link previews.
OK, lets build the special link one step at a time.
Create a link:
<a href="https://linkpeek.com">website screenshot service</a>
Add a place holder image like this transparent 1x1 pixel png. Notice that ...
We are please to release filevault into the public domain. This module allows programmers to easily create and maintain large and complex directory trees. The LinkPeek API uses this module heavily!
The latest documentation and verison live here: [sourcecode]
A Vault will:
We are please to release logmongo into the public domain. This module allows programmers to easily log messages to a capped MongoDB collections. [sourcecode]
What does it do?
